This three part course will cover harmonica fundamentals such as hand position and getting good clear notes on the instrument. You will learn tunes and key riffs including folk, country and blues styles.

“How to tell your family story” sounds simple enough. But when you start to think about it, the whole thing can become overwhelming, and you do nothing. This course will get you started on a fantastic archiving project.

Ukulele 5 will focus predominantly on ensemble playing. We will concentrate on improving playing as a group and will focus on playing different parts, different rhythms and will introduce some new strum.

Ukulele 5 will focus predominantly on ensemble playing. We will concentrate on improving playing as a group and will focus on playing different parts, different rhythms and will introduce some new strum.

This crash course in classical music is aimed at intelligent people who are looking for a way in to the greatness of classical music. In just one evening session Sandy be tackling four key areas - Baroque, Classical,

Nell Gifford is the creative genius behind Gifford's Circus. She will be talking to John Mitchinson about her career in the circus and her influences from childhood to adulthood. Find out how she finds her performers, how

Learn the secrets of the universe with two of the UK's top astronomers. Price includes star-gazing with telescopes. Dr Marek Kukula, the Royal Observatory’s public Astronomer, and Dr Grant Miller,, Zooniverse

14 Aug - 16 Aug | Philosophy

FEED YOUR MIND and body on the Idler Academy’s Foraging and Psychology weekend. Over the course of a summer weekend, you will learn how to forage seaweeds and shell fish as well leaves and berries…. Read more

28 Apr - 12 May | Music

This three part course will cover harmonica fundamentals such as hand position and getting good clear notes on the instrument. You will learn tunes and key riffs including folk, country and blues styles…. Read more

Online | Philosophy

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27 May

A Demonstration, interactive talk and book signing by eight times world memory champion and Guinness World Record Holder, Dominic O’Brien, teaching his system for memorising names and faces, facts and figures, lists,